LOXOSTEGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Loxostege mean? 

• LOXOSTEGE (noun)
  The noun LOXOSTEGE has 1 sense:

1. garden webworms

  Familiarity information: LOXOSTEGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOXOSTEGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Garden webworms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Loxostege; Loxostege

Hypernyms ("Loxostege" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Loxostege"):

Loxostege similalis (moth whose larvae are garden webworms)

garden webworm; Loxostege similalis (a variety of webworm)

Holonyms ("Loxostege" is a member of...):

family Lasiocampidae; Lasiocampidae (tent caterpillars; eggars; lappet moths)